Competition deadline: 14th June 2018 Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan are launching their third “Search for a Bestseller” competition to find a promising first-time writer. The prize is a £30,000...

Competition deadline: 8th June 2018 The Sunday Times/Peters Fraser & Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award, in association with Warwick University, is awarded for a full-length published or self-published...

Competition deadline: 31st May 2018 WOW! hosts a (quarterly) writing contest every three months, and has done so since 2006. The mission of this contest is to inspire creativity, great...

Competition Deadline: 1st May 2018 Belfast Book Festival is pleased to announce the second Mairtín Crawford Poetry Award and the first first ever Mairtín Crawford Short Story Award. The Awards...

Competition deadline: 30th April 2018 Prizes: STORY: First Prize, $2,000 ESSAY: First Prize, $2,000 10 Honorable Mentions will receive $100 each (any category) Top 12 entries published online For this...

Competition Deadline: 30th April 2018 2 Elizabeths is a literary magazine focused on short fiction and poetry, with an emphasis on romance and women’s fiction. Our primary focus is to...

Competition Deadline: 30th April 2018 The Bath Novel Award was established in 2013 to spotlight and support unpublished and independently published novelists around the world. We’re known for our track...

Competition deadline: 4th June 2018 Regulus Press invites you to enter the 2018 LITERARY TAXIDERMY SHORT STORY COMPETITION for your chance to win up to $1500 in cash as well as...

Competition deadline: 15th July 2108 Following the success of our inaugural event in 2017, Words by Water are looking forward to welcoming writers and readers to this years Festival. Running...

Competition deadline: 27th April 2018 Do you have what it takes to become a bestselling crime and thriller writer? Do you spend time day-dreaming about fiendishly complex ways to see...